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2009 World Championships Women's Marathon - Announced Runners
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

In Progress, but note that there will be some drops...

Here is our best list of the men who are announced for the 2009 Women's World Championships Marathon. Besides the list of the men, we've also included some of their best and recent marathon performances. We think this is the best list available anywhere.

AUS
WEIGHTMAN, Lisa Jane	2:30:42 (18 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:34:16 (33 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
BRA
BALDAIA, Maria Zeferina
DA SILVA, Adriana Aparecida	2:40:54 (43 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
CAN
QUINN-SMITH, Tara	2:33:57 (4 Ottawa 5/25/08) 2:39:19 (36 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
CHI
MORALES, Clara
CHN
CHEN, Rong	2:26:49 (2 Dalian 4/30/11) 2:27:05 (1 Beijing 10/21/07) 2:27:09 (4 Xiamen 1/5/08) 2:28:25 (2 Beijing 10/19/08) 2:29:46 (2 Beijing 10/24/10)
SUN, Weiwei	2:25:15 (6 Beijing 10/20/02) 2:26:32 (1 Xiamen 3/25/06) 2:27:35 (3 Beijing 10/16/05) 2:29:27 (2 Xiamen 3/31/07) 2:29:39 (13 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
WANG, Jiali	2:26:12 (1 Dalian 4/30/11) 2:26:34 (1 Zhengzhou 3/30/08) 2:29:31 (1 Beijing 10/24/10) 2:30:25 (8 World Championships Women's Marathon 2011 8/27/11)
XUE, Bai
ZHOU, Chunxiu	2:19:51 (1 Seoul 3/12/06) 2:20:38 (1 London 4/22/07) 2:21:11 (2 Beijing 10/16/05) 2:23:24 (1 Seoul 3/13/05) 2:23:28 (1 Xiamen 3/27/04)
ZHU, Xiaolin	2:23:57 (4 Beijing 10/20/02) 2:26:08 (5 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:26:08 (1 Xiamen 3/31/07) 2:26:28 (14 London 4/17/11) 2:26:35 (2 Guangzhou 11/27/10)
DEN
AAGAARD, Annemette	2:42:03 (46 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
ECU
RUALES, Sandra	2:35:53 (43 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
ESP
AGUILAR, Alessandra	2:27:00 (4 Rotterdam 4/10/11) 2:29:01 (1 Hamburg 4/26/09) 2:29:03 (3 Rotterdam 4/13/08) 2:33:38 (25 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
ETH
BAYSA, Atsede
BEKELE, Bezunesh	2:23:09 (2 Dubai 1/18/08) 2:23:17 (4 London 4/25/10) 2:23:42 (4 London 4/17/11) 2:24:02 (1 Dubai 1/16/09) 2:24:58 (2 Berlin 9/26/10)
GUTA, Robe
MERGIA, Aselefech	2:22:38 (3 London 4/25/10) 2:22:45 (1 Dubai 1/21/11) 2:25:02 (2 Paris 4/5/09) 2:25:32 (3 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
TUNE, Dire	2:23:44 (2 Frankfurt 10/31/10) 2:24:40 (1 Houston 1/13/08) 2:25:08 (6 Boston 4/18/11) 2:25:25 (1 Boston 4/21/08) 2:26:52 (1 Houston 1/14/07)
FRA
BRIAND, Stephanie
KLEIN, Laurence	2:42:47 (50 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
LOSSOUARN, Patricia	2:42:40 (49 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
MOYNOT, Cecile
OUBOUHOU, Yamna
GBR
RADCLIFFE, Paula	2:15:25 (1 London 4/13/03) 2:17:18 (1 Chicago 10/13/02) 2:17:42 (1 London 4/17/05) 2:18:56 (1 London 4/14/02) 2:20:57 (1 Helsinki World Championships 8/14/05)
GER
HAHN, Susanne	2:29:35 (1 Mainz 5/4/08) 2:38:39 (34 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
KRAUS, Melanie	2:27:57 (5 Berlin 9/10/00) 2:28:20 (3 Frankfurt 10/26/08) 2:28:56 (1 Frankfurt 10/28/07) 2:35:17 (38 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
MAISCH, Ulrike
MIKITENKO, Irina	2:19:19 (1 Berlin 9/28/08) 2:22:11 (1 London 4/26/09) 2:22:18 (2 Berlin 9/25/11) 2:24:14 (1 London 4/13/08) 2:24:24 (7 London 4/17/11)
MOCKENHAUPT, Sabrina	2:26:21 (4 Berlin 9/26/10) 2:26:22 (1 Frankfurt 10/26/08) 2:30:07 (17 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
ZAITUC, Luminita	2:26:01 (1 Frankfurt 10/28/01) 2:26:46 (1 Düsseldorf 5/8/05) 2:26:58 (2 München 8/10/02) 2:27:34 (2 Berlin 9/25/05) 2:28:15 (6 New York City 11/7/04)
GRE
ABATZÍDOU, Yeoryía
GAZÉA, Magdaliní
JPN
AKABA, Yukiko	2:24:09 (6 London 4/17/11) 2:24:55 (6 London 4/25/10) 2:25:40 (2 Osaka 1/25/09) 2:26:29 (1 Osaka 1/30/11) 2:29:35 (5 Daegu 8/27/11)
FUJINAGA, Yoshiko	2:25:40 (13 London 4/17/11) 2:29:53 (14 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
KANO, Yuri	2:24:27 (2 Tokyo 11/16/08) 2:24:43 (3 Osaka 1/28/07) 2:26:39 (3 Nagoya 3/9/08) 2:26:57 (7 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:27:11 (1 Nagoya 3/15/10)
MORIMOTO, Tomo	2:24:33 (1 Vienna 5/7/06) 2:25:34 (2 Osaka 1/27/08) 2:26:10 (3 Berlin 9/26/10) 2:26:29 (8 London 4/26/09) 2:27:46 (5 Osaka 1/29/06)
OZAKI, Yoshimi	2:23:30 (1 Tokyo 11/16/08) 2:23:56 (1 Yokohama 2/20/11) 2:25:25 (2 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:26:19 (2 Nagoya 3/9/08) 2:32:26 (13 London 4/25/10)
SHIBUI, Yoko	2:19:41 (1 Berlin 9/26/04) 2:21:22 (3 Chicago 10/13/02) 2:23:11 (1 Osaka 1/28/01) 2:23:42 (1 Osaka 1/25/09) 2:23:58 (2 Nagoya 3/12/06)
KEN
KIMAIYO, Risper Jemeli	2:39:23 (37 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
KIROP, Helena	2:27:01 (3 San Diego 6/5/11) 2:30:11 (2 Rotterdam 4/15/07) 2:33:24 (5 Boston 4/20/09) 2:37:43 (3 Ottawa 5/28/09)
KOMU, Martha	2:25:33 (1 Paris 4/6/08) 2:27:23 (5 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08) 2:42:14 (47 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:45:01 (8 Rotterdam 4/15/07)
LIMIKA, Irene	2:28:31 (4 Frankfurt 10/26/08) 2:31:29 (21 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
MURAGA, Julia Mumbi
KGZ
POLUDINA, Victoria
KOR
LEE, Sun-young
PARK, Ho-sun
YOUN, Sun-sook
LTU
BALCIUNAITE, Zivile	2:29:33 (11 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08) 2:32:16 (10 Boston 4/17/06)
KERGYTE, Renalda
MEX
RAMÍREZ, Judith	2:40:18 (40 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
RODRÍGUEZ, Dulce María	2:28:54 (10 Chicago 10/22/06) 2:29:00 (1 Torreon 3/6/05)
MGL
OTGONBAYAR, Luvsanlkhundeg
NAM
JOHANNES, Helalia	2:32:30 (5 Dublin 10/27/08) 2:33:26 (2 Dublin 10/26/09) 2:35:22 (40 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08) 2:35:28 (4 Dublin 10/29/07)
NAIGAMBO, Beata	2:33:05 (24 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:33:29 (28 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
NZL
CRUMPTON, Shireen	2:38:14 (1 Gold Coast 7/6/08) 2:41:31 (44 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:42:55 (1 Canberra Marathon 4/9/06)
DAVIES, Mary	2:38:48 (35 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:39:28 (7 Ottawa 5/30/10)
DOCHERTY, Fiona	2:32:17 (11 Chicago 10/10/10) 2:37:55 (22 London 4/25/10) 2:40:18 (41 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:42:07 (5 Ottawa 5/24/09)
POR
BARROS, Marisa	2:25:04 (3 Yokohama 2/20/11) 2:25:44 (2 Osaka 1/31/10) 2:26:03 (1 Seville 2/22/09) 2:26:50 (6 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:30:29 (9 World Championships Women's Marathon 2011 8/27/11)
PRK
JONG, Yong-Ok	2:38:29 (33 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
KIM, Chol Sun	2:42:18 (48 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:31:24 (20 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
PYO, Un-Suk
ROU
OLARU, Nuta	2:24:33 (2 Chicago 10/10/04) 2:25:18 (6 London 4/22/01) 2:25:37 (6 Chicago 10/22/06) 2:27:25 (2 Houston 1/18/09) 2:28:24 (11 Saint-Denis 8/31/03)
SIMON, Lidia	2:22:54 (1 Osaka 1/30/00) 2:23:22 (2 Sydney 9/24/00) 2:23:24 (1 Osaka 1/31/99) 2:24:15 (4 London 4/22/01) 2:24:46 (2 London 4/16/00)
TALPOS, Luminita	2:26:43 (1 Vienna 4/27/08) 2:27:32 (6 Osaka 1/26/03) 2:31:41 (18 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
RSA
MAXWELL, Tanith	2:34:24 (15 London 4/25/10) 2:39:07 (29 London 4/17/11) 2:41:48 (45 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
RUS
BIKTIMIROVA, Alevtina	2:25:12 (1 Frankfurt 10/30/05) 2:25:27 (2 Boston 4/21/08) 2:26:58 (6 Boston 4/17/06) 2:27:39 (9 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:29:32 (2 Chicago 10/12/08)
GLOK, Olga	2:28:27 (1 Prague 5/10/09) 2:32:27 (1 Twin Cities 10/5/08) 2:36:57 (29 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:41:34 (7 San Diego 6/3/07)
MORGUNOVA, Lyubov	2:25:12 (1 Rotterdam 4/13/08) 2:26:33 (8 London 4/16/00) 2:27:18 (3 Boston 4/16/01) 2:27:33 (1 Honolulu 12/12/04) 2:27:43 (1 Nagoya 3/14/99)
PETROVA, Lyudmila	2:21:29 (2 London 4/23/06) 2:22:33 (3 London 4/14/02) 2:23:14 (5 London 4/13/03) 2:25:00 (4 New York City 11/2/03) 2:25:43 (2 New York City 11/2/08)
YULAMANOVA, Nailiya	2:26:30 (1 Rotterdam 4/5/09) 2:27:08 (8 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:30:17 (1 Istanbul 10/26/08) 2:30:54 (1 Russian 6/3/06) 2:31:43 (1 Prague 5/11/08)
ZAKHAROVA, Svetlana	2:21:31 (4 Chicago 10/13/02) 2:22:31 (2 London 4/14/02) 2:23:07 (1 Chicago 10/12/03) 2:24:04 (2 London 4/22/01) 2:24:39 (2 London 4/13/08)
RWA
NYIRABARAME, Epiphanie	2:33:59 (26 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
SUI
MORCELI, Patrizia	2:39:37 (38 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
UGA
SUUTO, Jane
USA
DAVILA, Desireé	2:22:38 (2 Boston 4/18/11) 2:26:20 (4 Chicago 10/10/10) 2:27:53 (11 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:31:33 (5 Chicago 10/12/08) 2:37:50 (13 Boston Trials 4/20/08)
GÓMEZ, Zoila
GOUCHER, Kara	2:24:52 (5 Boston 4/18/11) 2:25:53 (3 New York City 11/2/08) 2:27:48 (10 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:32:25 (3 Boston 4/20/09)
HIGGINS, Paige	2:33:06 (8 Chicago 10/12/08) 2:33:22 (4 Houston 1/17/10) 2:36:00 (13 Boston 4/19/10) 2:37:11 (30 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
MOODY, Tera	2:30:53 (10 Chicago 10/10/10) 2:32:04 (17 World Championships Women's Marathon 2011 8/27/11) 2:32:59 (9 Chicago 10/11/09) 2:33:54 (5 Boston Trials 4/20/08) 2:36:39 (28 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)